Table.

Anticonvulsants used by 860^* obstetricians to treat pre-eclampsia and eclampsia

	Anticonvulsant used to treat
Anticonvulsant	Pre-eclampsia		Eclampsia
None	198
Magnesium sulphate	343		517
Only	183		229
With diazepam	90		215
With phenytoin	26		14
With diazepam and phenytoin	27		40
With other	17		19
Diazepam	352		573
Only	113		162
With magnesium sulphate	90		215
With phenytoin	73		104
With other	76		92
Phenytoin	227		204
Only	76		22
With diazepam	73		104
With magnesium sulphate	26		14
With other	52		64
Chlormethiazole	60		59
Only	5		5
With diazepam	23		24
With other	32		30
Other	3		1
Not answered	3		8

^*1020 respondents out of 1400 (72.9%); 160 (15.7%) were not in clinical practice and were therefore excluded.